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Video – EU officials rack up huge bills in first 2 months of 2017
RT UK | 11/08/2017 English - New figures released show EU officials have been racking up huge spending bills on private jets and visits in
Transparence: les commissaires européens rechignent à publier leurs frais de déplacement
Media Part | 10/08/2017 French - Jean-Claude Juncker, le patron de la Commission, se trouve épinglé pour un bref voyage officiel à Rome avec son
How the EU tried to hide £500,000 bill for two months’ travel
The Telegraph | 10/08/2017 English - The European Union is facing an expenses scandal after it had to admit that its senior officials had claimed
‘€75,000 on one trip:’ Top EU officials under fire after info request reveals travel costs
RT News | 10/08/2017 English - EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini are in the center of a controversy
Jean-Claude Juncker’s chartered jet junket cost taxpayers €27,000
The Times | 10/08/20017 English - The cost of chartered flights to transport EU commissioners and their entourages around the world makes up the bulk
Video – Are European Commission expenses reasonable?
BBC Newsnight | 10/08/2017 English - Evan Davis is joined by Conservative MP John Redwood and Helen Darbishire, the executive director of Access Info Europe
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